अद्राक्षमहमेतं ते हृत्सारं महदद्भुतम् । दंशभक्षितदेहस्य प्राणा ह्यस्थिषु शेरते ॥ १८ ॥
adraksam aham etam te hrt-saram mahad-adbhutam damsa-bhaksita-dehasya prana hy asthisu serate
- adraksam
- have personally seen
- aham
- I
- etam
- this
- te
- your
- hrt-saram
- power of endurance
- mahat
- very great
- adbhutam
- wonderful
- damsa-bhaksita
- eaten by worms and ants
- dehasya
- whose body
- pranah
- the life air
- hi
- indeed
- asthisu
- in the bones
- serate
- is taking shelter.
I have been very much astonished to see your endurance. In spite of being eaten and bitten by all kinds of worms and ants, you are keeping your life air circulating within your bones. Certainly this is wonderful.